Iran is keeping diplomatic channels open for negotiations with the United States on resuming the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and lifting sanctions against Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said. He is quoted by EFE. He added that indirect negotiations have already taken place between Tehran and Washington, and he promised…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump’s pledge to slash the government’s size but which critics say delivered few measurable savings, Reuters reports. “That doesn’t exist,” Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor…
John Kirby, NSC Coordinator For Strategic Communications referred to the closure of Lachin corridor during his press briefing. “We’ve said many times, we certainly remain deeply concerned about the continued closure of that corridor in Nagorno-Karabakh to commercial, humanitarian, and private vehicles. We want to see that corridor opened up again. We continue to…
On October 20, Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir Abdollahian will pay an official visit to Armenia, Armenian Foreign Minisrty reports. On the same day, the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Iran will take place at the Foreign Ministry of Armenia. During the visit, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of…
Armenia is concerned that thus far the international mechanism envisaged under clause 7 of the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement hasn’t been initiated, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet sitting. Clause 7 of the agreement provides for the return of internally displaced persons and refugees to Nagorno Karabakh and adjacent regions…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (MFA) expresses concern regarding the visit to Georgia by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland, Elina Valtonen, in her capacity as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. The Ministry addresses the OSCE Secretariat and participating states with a protest note, the Foreign Ministry told…
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, spoke about his meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada in his X microblog. “Good to meet my friend Melanie Joly ahead of the EU-Canada Summit. We had an in-depth discussion on the situation in the Middle East. I thanked her…
The Biden administration has informally reached out to the U.S. Congress to seek approval for a proposed sale of missiles and equipment upgrades to NATO ally Turkey, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The weapons package was an existing request by Ankara, and includes AIM-120 medium-range air-to-air and sidewinder missiles, as well as…
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov received Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib in Baku. The parties discussed issues related to bilateral cooperation, referred to developments in the South Caucasus. Bayramov once again spoke from the so-called “Zangezur Corridor”, accusing Armenia of allegedly disrupting the settlement process. Bayramov also claimed that traffic through Lachin Corridor is…
Leo Housakos, Canadian Senator condemned Azerbaijani actions against the people of Artsakh. “Azerbaijan’s attack on the people of Artsakh represents the most recent violation of the Nov. 2020 ceasefire agreement. I am disturbed by Azerbaijan’s renewed aggression, and I call on Canada & the international community to condemn it in absolute terms”, he…
Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip indicate a breach of the human rights provisions contained in its Association Agreement with the European Union, a highly anticipated review from the bloc’s diplomatic service has found, citing a collection of findings by independent international organisations, Euronews reports. The breach stems from Israel’s war on Gaza and…
There is no legal ground that at any time any de-jure Azerbaijani enclave has existed in the territory of Armenia, Armenia’s Ambassador at-large Edmon Marukyan told Armenpress when asked to respond to the Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov’s statements. Question: The Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalafov said that on April 6 in Brussels the…
Belarus will invest in the territories passed under the control of Baku, the President of Belarus announced during his visit to Azerbaijan. After the meeting with Ilham Aliyev, Alexander Lukashenko expressed his readiness to build an agricultural city in Nagorno-Karabakh and support the development of agriculture. “We are ready to build an agro-city…
The EU has been passing clear messages to Azerbaijan that any violation of Armenia’s territorial integrity would be unacceptable and will have severe consequences for EU-Azerbajani relations, European Commission’s lead spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy Peter Stano told Armenpress. “The European Union has spared no diplomatic efforts to help reach a mutually…
Prime Minister Robert Fico has said he will to cut off his country’s emergency electricity supply to Ukraine unless Kyiv resumes pumping Russian oil to Slovakia, Euronews reports. Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico has threatened to withdraw Ukraine’s emergency electricity supply unless Russia’s oil supply is restored to his country by Monday. On…
The head of the Zafer nationalist party, a member of the ATA bloc of Turkey, announced that he will support the opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the second round of the presidential election. “One of the most pressing problems for Turkey is the deportation of 13 million illegal immigrants and refugees. We spend $11 billion…
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the proposal to involve volunteers in the fighting in Ukraine. According to him, if there are people who want to help those living in the Donbas, and for free, then the state should help them get to the war zone. “If you see that there are people who want,…
Russia launched another vast attack on Ukraine’s energy system in the small hours of Saturday, rocking Kyiv with explosions throughout the night and leaving 1.2 million properties without power countrywide, Reuters reports. Nearly 6,000 buildings in the capital were left without heating on Saturday morning as temperatures hovered around -10 degrees Celsius (14 F)….
Reuters. Satellite imagery showed the extent of damage at Iran’s largest port after a powerful explosion on Saturday (April 26). The death toll from the explosion in Iran’s most important container port of Bandar Abbas rose to at least 70, with over 1,200 injured, state media said on Monday (April 28). Saturday’s blast…
Nagorno-Karabakh is currently being integrated into the legal field of Azerbaijan, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has said, TASS reports. “Unfortunately, the majority of Karabakh Armenians have left the region. It was their hard but voluntary choice,” the diplomat told TASS in an interview on Saturday. “In this regard, it is important…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced France’s support to Armenia upon his arrival at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels this morning. “I call on the European Union to develop its relations with that country, with which France is very connected. We must again provide Armenia with all the support it has the…
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris extended her best wishes to the Armenian American community on the occasion of Armenia’s Independence Day. “While we celebrate, we must also never forget the Armenian Genocide, when an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were deported, massacred, and marched to their deaths. It is a tragedy that continues to shape…
Prsident of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, The Kremlin reports. The two leaders discussed the issues pertaining to practical implementation of the agreements that the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia reached in Sochi on October 31, 2022, as well as the previous top-level…
Reuters. Shigeru Ishiba was formally voted in by parliament as Japan’s prime minister on Tuesday (October 1) following his victory in one of the closest ever leadership races for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The new cabinet members under Ishiba, who succeeds Fumio Kishida, are due to be unveiled later in the day,…
There was a murder near the Vere Lagoon in Tbilisi. Two people were killed, there are also wounded. According to existing information, the murder was preceded by a verbal altercation. The incident happened late at night. The investigation is underway under articles 236 and 109 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which implies the illegal…
The periods of isolation and quarantine for patients with COVID-19 and those who have been in contact with them are being reduced. This was reported to the First Channel of Georgia by the Ministry of Health. According to the agency, in the event of a shortage of personnel at strategic facilities – in medical, educational…
The latest Azeri attack in Nagorno-Karabakh is the continuation of the Armenian Genocide, Member of the European Parliament Giorgos Georgiou (Cyprus) has said. “Everything began as genocide in 1915 perpetrated by the Turks, and continues today as genocide and ethnic cleansing by Mr. Aliyev, who is a close ally of Mr. Erdogan,” the MEP…
Issues of Azerbaijan-Iran relations were discussed at a meeting between Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Samir Sharifov and Iranian Ambassador to Baku Seyid Abbas Mousavi. According to the Iranian Embassy, the parties discussed the development of bilateral ties in political, economic, military and other fields, events in the Caucasus region and efforts to achieve lasting peace…
The Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan deputy prime ministerial working group dealing with the unblocking of all economic and transportation communications in the region has managed to bring their positions closer around the resumption of transportation communications, Alexey Zaitsev, the deputy director of the information and press department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, said. He said that the trilateral…
Reuters. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday (December 10) passed a compromise version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a nearly $1 trillion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that Congress hopes to pass for a 65th straight year. Because it becomes law every year, Congress uses the NDAA as…
